Machine for pegging boots and shoes



NITE STATES "Arent MACHINE FOR PEGGING BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l'bl, dated October 20, 1863.

To @ZZ whom,- z't may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MILLER, ot' Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Peggin g Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention;

Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same taken in the line m w, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a vertical section of thesame taken in the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my inveutioml will proceed to describe it.

A represents a metal tube, in which a spindle, B, is fitted and allowed to work freely. This spindle has a fiat steel plate, a ,attached to its lower cend, which is .slotted longitudinally to form an awl, a, a peg-driver, b, and a cutter, c, all ot' which are shown clearly in Fig. 2.

0n the upper part of the spindle B there is a collar, C, which works in a cylindrical box, D, screwed on the upper end of the tube A, and the portion d oi' the spindle above the collar G is rather larger in diameter than the portion c below said collar, the portion d passing up through a circular opening in the upper end of the box D. (See Fig. 2.) The collar C limits the movement of the spindle B, the latter, when forced down, being stopped in consequence of the collar C coming in con tact with the upper end of the tube A,'and the spindle,when forced upward, bein g stopped in consequence of said collar C coming in contact with the upper end of box D. The spindle is forced upward by means of a spiral spring, E, the upper end of which. bears against the collar C and the lower end against a shoulder, e', at the lower part of the interior of the tube A.

The iiat steel plate ax, in which the awl,

. peg-driver, and cutter are formed, Works in a narrow opening, f, at the lower end of tube A, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

In the outer side of the tube A there is made longitudinally an oblong slot, g, in which a slide, F, is fitted, having a hook, l, at its upper end, which passes through an oblong. opening, t', in the tube A and into an oblong Figs. 1 and 3.) To the lower end ofthe slide F there is attached by a pivot or hinge, m, a pawl, Gr, against which a spring, fn., bears, said spring n keeping the pawl G in contact With a ratchet, H, the axis a of which is secured to one side of the tube A at its lower end, or rather to a flat plate, I, which is screwed to a flat or plane surface at the side of the tube, and which plate covers the flat steel-plate ctx.

To the ratchet H at its inner side there is permanently attached a serrated wheel, J, the teeth of which project a trifle below the lower end of the tube A, and in the lower end of said tube there are made two openings, p p, to admit of the awl a and peg-driver b being forced through. (See Figs. 2 and 3.)

To one side ofthe lower part of the tube A there is attached a tlat tube, K, which receives the peg-wood L. This tube K is slotted longitudinally its whole length at one side, as shown a-t gin Fig. 2, and against the outer end of the peg-wood L a follower, M, bears, said follower having au elastic cord or tube, N,`at tached to it, lwhich cord passes -around a pulley, 0, at the inner end of the tube K, and is attached to the tube K near its outer end, as shown at r. (See Figs. l and 2.) This elastic cord or tube N serves as a spring, and has a tendency to keep the inner end of the pegwood L in contact with a stop, s, which is in the lower part of the opening f, in which the plate LX is fitted, said stop being in line with the space between the peg-driver b and awl a, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

The lower end of the tube A is provided with a projecting or pendent lip, t, which serves as a guide for the implement when in use.

The operation is as follows: The tube A is held in a vertical position with its lip t against the edge of the sole of the boot or shoe and the lower end of the tube directly upon the sole. The operator strikes the upper end of the spindle B with a mallet or hammer, and thereby forces down the plate ax, the awl a. making a hole in the sole ofthe boot or shoe, and the pegdriver b forcing a peg into a hole made at the previous operation, while the cutter c cuts a peg from the peg-wood L. This v is done in a moment of time, and when the force of the blow is expended on the spindle, the latter is forced upward` by the spring E, and the slide F is drawn upward with it in consequence of the hook IL catching over the lower end of the slot j, and by this movement of the slide the pawl G is made to turn the ratchet H, and the serrated wheel J feeds the device along a requisite distance for a s ucceeding operation. As the plate ax rises and the peg-driver b gets above the peg-wood L, the elastic tube or cord N forces the peg cut by the previous descent of the cutter against the stop s and underneath the peg-driver, and

feed-movement.' The collar C, as before stated, limits this movement of the spindle B, and prev'ents the spring E being subjected to any undue strain.

Y Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.4 The arrangement of the elastic cord N and pulley O with the tube K and follower M, in the manner herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the adjustable box D and collar G with the tube A, spindle B, and spring E, in the manner herein shown and described.'

3. The arrangement of the feed-wheel J with the tube A, and the aw), peg-driver, and cutter, in the manner herein shown and described, so that said feed-Wheel will revolve on a plane vertical with said parts, all as set forth.

, WM. MILLER.

Witnesses:

WM. V. THOMPSON, HENRY P. VARNEY. 

